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GREELEY, CO - DECEMBER 16, 2013: Rosario Moreno gets a hug from her daughter Yanna, 8, after dinner in the living room Meza's tiny home in Greeley, CO on December 16, 2013. She was sad because a loan she was hoping to receive to buy a new trailer didn't come through. The Meza family, which consists of four children, Norma and her husband Martin have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and her husband Jose have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

GREELEY, CO - DECEMBER 16, 2013: From left to right Genoveva Meza, 14, Janeth Moreno, 10, her sister Yanna, 8 and Maria, Meza, 11, all share these two beds in the tiny bedroom of the Meza's tiny home in Greeley, CO on December 16, 2013. The Meza family, which consists of four children, Norma and her husband Martin have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and her husband Jose have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

GREELEY, CO - DECEMBER 16, 2013: Norma Meza hugs her daughter Maria, 11 as Rosario Moreno, standing, and her husband Jose, seated, join some of the kids for dinner at the Meza's tiny home in Greeley, CO on December 16, 2013. The children seated at the table are from far right clockwise: Genoveva Meza, 14, Martin Meza jr., 17, Sergio Meza, 3, Janeth Moreno, 10, Edwin Moreno, 2, Yanna Moreno, 8. At left are brothers Jared, 5, and Ivan, 18, Moreno. The Meza family, which consists of four children, Norma and her husband Martin have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and her husband Jose have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

GREELEY, CO - DECEMBER 16, 2013: Norma Meza strokes the hair of Janeth Moreno, 10 during dinner as Janeth's mother Rosario watches the crew as they eat at Meza's tiny house in Greeley, CO on December 16, 2013. The Meza family, which consists of four children, Norma and her husband Martin have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and her husband Jose have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. Also in the photo are from left to right Yanna Moreno, 8, and Edwin Moreno, 2. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

GREELEY, CO - DECEMBER 16, 2013: The Moreno and Meza children have fun as they eat first and together before their parents at the Meza's tiny home in Greeley, CO on December 16, 2013. The children are from clockwise starting at the top of the table: Jared Moreno, 5, Genoveva Meza, 14, Martin Meza jr., 17, Sergio Meza, 3, Janeth Moreno, 10, in pink, Edwin Moreno, 2, Yanna Moreno, 8, Maria Meza, 11. The Meza family, which consists of four children, Norma and her husband Martin have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and her husband Jose have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

GREELEY, CO - DECEMBER 16, 2013: Rosario Moreno gets comforted by her daughter Janeth, 10, left,and her best friend Norma Meza, hug while sitting not the couch after dinner in the living room Meza's tiny home in Greeley, CO on December 16, 2013. Moreno was sad because a loan she was hoping to receive to buy a new trailer didn't come through. (At right is Rosario's younger daughter Yanna, 8). The Meza family, which consists of four children, Norma and her husband Martin have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and her husband Jose have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

Photos: Families pull together for Christmas after flood

GREELEY, CO - The Meza family- Norma, her husband Martin and their four children- have taken in the Moreno family after they lost everything in the September floods. Rosario and Jose Moreno have 5 children and are without a home at the moment. Norma says she will help out her best friend for as long as she needs to. The tiny house has 3 bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms and is home now to 14 people, 2 cats and 3 dogs. A loan that the Moreno's were hoping to receive to buy a new trailer didn't come through. Photos by Helen H. Richardson.
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